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Abortion

Last week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
European Citizens Initiative
Over 1.2 million people sign petition to EU calling for financial support for abortions
24 Apr
3.9k
This month
April 2025
InvestigatesExporting Abortion
'I'll never forgive my country': Women on the trauma of having to travel to UK for terminations
“We brought our baby’s body back in our carry-on luggage, surrounded by frozen vegetables,” one woman told us.
Women can have abortions in Ireland for any reason up to 12 weeks gestation
Many still travel abroad to access abortion services for a variety of reasons
Some struggled to book appointments and bring their baby's remains home
9 Apr
15.8k
RELATED
'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions
8 Apr
Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year
7 Apr
InvestigatesExporting Abortion
'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions
Hundreds of women travel from Ireland to the UK every year for terminations.
8 Apr
5.1k
InvestigatesExporting Abortion
Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year
Legal, bureaucratic and social obstacles are still faced by women, even if they live in countries where abortion is legalised.
At least 5,860 European women crossed borders for abortions in 2023
Routes of travel are shaped by the countries’ abortion laws and geographic proximity
The Netherlands — where termination is allowed up to 24 weeks — was the most frequent destination
Órla Ryan & Maria Delaney
7 Apr
15.4k
This year
2025
Women's Health
Your Stories: Have you had to travel abroad to access abortion services?
12 Jan
17.7k
'Unfair' to claim new government won't implement changes to abortion law, Harris and Martin say
9 Jan
7.5k
Last year
2024
GE2024ge24
Far-right parties form National Alliance in bid to win general election seats
27 Nov 2024
25.3k
GE2024Peadar Tóibín
Aontú leader says party seeking a 'change to the law on abortion'
16 Nov 2024
29.1k
warning
If RFK Jr leads Trump's health team, trust in vaccines could be 'undermined' globally
9 Nov 2024
21.9k
reproductive rights
Florida fails to overturn ban on abortions after six weeks
Updated 6 Nov 2024
14.7k
The Morning Lead
An Irish American family on life and politics in one of the key swing states in the US election
“People here hold their political views so dear to them, they have stickers on their car. Have you ever seen a Fianna Fáil sticker on the back of someone’s car?”
"It's fascinating to see how people can be so divided," Delia O'Malley said of Georgia
She loves her job, but one of the most difficult aspects of it is the fact she has to take part in monthly active shooter drills
Órla Ryan
21 Oct 2024
15.3k
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safe access zones
Safe access zones around abortion providers come into effect from today
17 Oct 2024
5.5k
FactCheck
Debunked: Kamala Harris didn't make an ad about a woman regretting not having an abortion
4 Oct 2024
6.0k
US Election
Kamala Harris calls Trump a 'hypocrite' on abortion as early voting starts in US
21 Sep 2024
14.9k
253
hurtful
Roscommon newspaper to 'review' content of bizarrely-worded anti-abortion ad after criticism
5 Aug 2024
28.7k
repealed the eighth
Opinion: On the Repeal anniversary, remember the right to abortion is being eroded globally
Orla O'Connor
25 May 2024
5.9k
Florida
Six-week abortion ban in Florida, described as a 'nightmare' by Biden, takes effect
1 May 2024
13.1k
Interview
How women are treated during pregnancy and when they complain 'isn't good enough', says junior minister
Minister of State for European Affairs says ambitious women are often portrayed as a bad thing.
Minister of State Jennifer Carrroll MacNeill, who has previously spoken about her own experiences with miscarriage, said she found Dáil abortion debate this week 'difficult'
21 Apr 2024
14.3k
rté investigates
Almost 1,000 people in Ireland have contacted UK abortion charity since 2018 referendum
15 Apr 2024
5.3k
US Election
Arizona uses 1864 law to effectively ban abortion across the US state
10 Apr 2024
10.2k
Roe Vs Wade
French politicians vote overwhelmingly for bill enshrining abortion as a constitutional right
Updated 4 Mar 2024
8.7k
All time
State Papers
'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case
Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.
The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped
The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad
'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'
Órla Ryan
28 Dec 2023
15.9k
Abortion Rights
Texas court blocks woman from emergency abortion despite earlier approval
9 Dec 2023
18.3k
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas judge allows woman with risky pregnancy to have abortion
7 Dec 2023
15.1k
maternity hospitals
Five more maternity hospitals to provide abortion services from Monday
1 Dec 2023
15.7k
32
France
Macron vows to enshrine rights to abortion in French constitution by next year
29 Oct 2023
7.9k
Abortion
Safe access zone law could be 'made a mockery of' if gardaí can't log warnings, TDs say
25 Oct 2023
9.6k
Health Committee
Some doctors 'actively obstruct' women from getting abortions, committee hears
Updated 18 Oct 2023
12.5k
Memoir
Britney Spears says she had abortion while dating Justin Timberlake
18 Oct 2023
27.6k
68
US primaries
Donald Trump labels Florida governor’s abortion ban a ‘terrible mistake’
19 Sep 2023
24.6k
74
Mexico
Top Mexican court decriminalises abortion nationwide
7 Sep 2023
8.1k
50
FactCheck
Debunked: Are a Senator’s maps showing potential Safe Access Zones around hospitals accurate?
24 Jul 2023
16.7k
buffer zones
Cabinet approves legislation for safe acces zones around abortion providers
Updated 27 Jun 2023
10.9k
82
USA
Biden vows to fight Republicans' 'extreme' anti-abortion agenda
24 Jun 2023
8.1k
72
FactCheck
FactCheck: Abortion bill still many stages away from passing into law
16 Jun 2023
302
Stoke-on-Trent
Mother-of-three jailed in UK for illegally obtaining abortion pills too late into pregnancy
13 Jun 2023
12.7k
Abortion
Despite a free vote, no FF TDs and just one FG TD voted in favour of PBP's abortion bill
1 Jun 2023
13.2k
44
Abortion
Taoiseach suggests Dáil vote for PBP abortion bill could speed up legal changes
1 Jun 2023
8.7k
42
Abortion
Ivana Bacik: How abortion campaign went from 'desperately lonely' to 'tremendously positive'
27 May 2023
11.1k
52
Leaders' Questions
'This is a sensitive issue': Tánaiste defends Govt approach in dealing with abortion law review
Updated 25 May 2023
8.3k
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